Kafka on the Shore

Kafka on the Shore - 2002 novel by Haruki Murakami. This book is the 567^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books and the 716^th most popular book in English Wikipedia. Article "Kafka on the Shore" in English Wikipedia has 43.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 21 references and 14 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In June 2025 the article "Kafka on the Shore" was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Kafka on the Shore", its content was written by 165 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 756 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Kafka on the Shore is on the 716^th place in local ranking of books in English Wikipedia and on the 567^th place in global ranking of books in all the time.

The article is cited 166 times in English Wikipedia and cited 747 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #22168 in April 2023
• Global: #20472 in February 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #36037 in January 2021
• Global: #27446 in June 2009

There are 33 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Kafka on the Shore		43.0608
2	Indonesian (id) Dunia Kafka		40.6345
3	Vietnamese (vi) Kafka bên bờ biển		38.2169
4	Basque (eu) Kafka urertzean		37.6542
5	Japanese (ja) 海辺のカフカ		35.366
6	Finnish (fi) Kafka rannalla		32.8053
7	French (fr) Kafka sur le rivage		31.9623
8	Portuguese (pt) Kafka à Beira-Mar		31.4628
9	Catalan (ca) Kafka a la platja		27.94
10	Turkish (tr) Sahilde Kafka		27.4258

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Kafka on the Shore" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Kafka on the Shore		3 931 634
2	Japanese (ja) 海辺のカフカ		1 571 021
3	Italian (it) Kafka sulla spiaggia		525 589
4	Spanish (es) Kafka en la orilla		487 764
5	Russian (ru) Кафка на пляже		458 995
6	Chinese (zh) 海边的卡夫卡		311 295
7	French (fr) Kafka sur le rivage		240 377
8	German (de) Kafka am Strand		239 033
9	Arabic (ar) كافكا على الشاطئ		220 338
10	Persian (fa) کافکا در کرانه		180 954

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Kafka on the Shore" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Kafka on the Shore		19 467
2	Japanese (ja) 海辺のカフカ		4 486
3	Italian (it) Kafka sulla spiaggia		2 405
4	Russian (ru) Кафка на пляже		2 097
5	Spanish (es) Kafka en la orilla		2 055
6	French (fr) Kafka sur le rivage		1 679
7	Chinese (zh) 海边的卡夫卡		1 590
8	Persian (fa) کافکا در کرانه		1 364
9	German (de) Kafka am Strand		1 095
10	Portuguese (pt) Kafka à Beira-Mar		661

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Kafka on the Shore" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Kafka on the Shore		165
2	Japanese (ja) 海辺のカフカ		86
3	Russian (ru) Кафка на пляже		45
4	German (de) Kafka am Strand		42
5	Italian (it) Kafka sulla spiaggia		40
6	Spanish (es) Kafka en la orilla		32
7	Hebrew (he) קפקא על החוף		32
8	French (fr) Kafka sur le rivage		31
9	Persian (fa) کافکا در کرانه		25
10	Swedish (sv) Kafka på stranden		23

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Kafka on the Shore" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Kafka on the Shore		2
2	Polish (pl) Kafka nad morzem		1
3	Russian (ru) Кафка на пляже		1
4	Arabic (ar) كافكا على الشاطئ		0
5	Azerbaijani (az) Kafka sahildə (roman)		0
6	Bulgarian (bg) Кафка на плажа		0
7	Catalan (ca) Kafka a la platja		0
8	Czech (cs) Kafka na pobřeží		0
9	Danish (da) Kafka på stranden		0
10	German (de) Kafka am Strand		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Kafka on the Shore" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 海辺のカフカ		168
2	English (en) Kafka on the Shore		166
3	German (de) Kafka am Strand		44
4	Chinese (zh) 海边的卡夫卡		39
5	French (fr) Kafka sur le rivage		34
6	Italian (it) Kafka sulla spiaggia		34
7	Indonesian (id) Dunia Kafka		32
8	Russian (ru) Кафка на пляже		32
9	Polish (pl) Kafka nad morzem		22
10	Korean (ko) 해변의 카프카		21

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic كافكا على الشاطئ
az	Azerbaijani Kafka sahildə (roman)
bg	Bulgarian Кафка на плажа
ca	Catalan Kafka a la platja
cs	Czech Kafka na pobřeží
da	Danish Kafka på stranden
de	German Kafka am Strand
en	English Kafka on the Shore
es	Spanish Kafka en la orilla
eu	Basque Kafka urertzean
fa	Persian کافکا در کرانه
fi	Finnish Kafka rannalla
fr	French Kafka sur le rivage
he	Hebrew קפקא על החוף
hu	Hungarian Kafka a tengerparton
hy	Armenian Կաֆկան լողափին
id	Indonesian Dunia Kafka
it	Italian Kafka sulla spiaggia
ja	Japanese 海辺のカフカ
ka	Georgian კაფკა პლაჟზე
ko	Korean 해변의 카프카
nl	Dutch Kafka op het strand
pl	Polish Kafka nad morzem
pt	Portuguese Kafka à Beira-Mar
ro	Romanian Kafka pe malul mării
ru	Russian Кафка на пляже
sl	Slovenian Kafka na obali
sr	Serbian Кафка на обали мора
sv	Swedish Kafka på stranden
tr	Turkish Sahilde Kafka
uk	Ukrainian Кафка на пляжі
vi	Vietnamese Kafka bên bờ biển
zh	Chinese 海边的卡夫卡

Best Rank

English: #36037 01.2021

Global: #27446 06.2009

Best Rank

English: #22168 04.2023

Global: #20472 02.2009

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